Review of Doom (2005) by Brandon W — 25 May 2015

Doom is an all right video game adaptation that actually didn't insulted the video game itself. The acting is not great, but the only actors that were trying a bit but isn't one of their best performances, are Dwayne Johnson, Keith Urban, and Rosamund Pike.

The script by David Callaham and Wesley Strick is not that good and it does have some unintentional funny lines. When it changed the fact that in the movie that it's a virus that happened instead of an invasion from hell is not the worst thing the filmmakers could've done, but it makes the film less original and fans of the video game would agree that the film should've had the same plot as the video game.

The effects look good and I'm glad that it's practical and not CGI, although the the stuff that needs CG looks really good. The action scenes are not bad, especially the first-person perspective which is the best part of the film and it really felt like a Doom game until it ended which was really disappointing, and it made me wish that the whole movie is like this which can work with the right script to make it interesting.

Doom is definitely not the worst video game adaptation I've seen, but it's a mediocre film that kind of reminds me of other science-fiction films that are better than this.